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Supernatural Grace for Unnatural Sin: Experiencing Hope by Embracing the Moral Posture of the Bible Toward Homosexuality
Cary, William Spencer
Cary, William Spencer
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This DMin thesis explores the moral posture of the Scriptures toward homosexuality to demonstrate that it is a greater distortion of the design of sex than heterosexual sin. Embracing this biblical reality enables the Christian suffering with same-sex attraction to experience the fruit of supernatural grace: the felt experience of the rich and abounding grace that overcomes the depths of brokenness in unnatural sexual rebellion. Supernatural grace is rhetorical terminology that captures the supernatural effects of grace when applied to any unnatural sin. When applied to homosexuality, supernatural grace refers to the felt experience of God’s abundant love, grace, and mercy amid the profound brokenness that results from same-sex attraction. The first chapter introduces the literature of popular practitioners writing on homosexuality and same-sex attraction, as well as other contemporary academic and theological writers. It also exposes a void in contemporary practitioner literature and the need for the perspective of supernatural grace. The second chapter provides a biblical analysis of homosexuality in Romans and other texts, followed by a history of terminology from the Patristic period to nineteenth-century theologians. The third chapter explores a nuanced hamartiological approach to homosexuality by examining degrees of sin and its interaction with Augustine’s concupiscence. The fourth chapter explores supernatural grace and the fruit of embracing this thesis and provides a caution against self-righteous comparative sin. The fifth chapter applies this thesis to the work of wise contemporary practitioners, strengthening their works.
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D.Min., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2026
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2026-05
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The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
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Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142